Discourses on Sreemad Bhagavatam by Her Holiness Maa Purnanandaji
Gomathi Venkatraman
(Dubai)
Hari Aum!
I would wish to share my feelings, experiences and learning while attending
Sreemad Bhagavatam and during the making of the children's programme.
By the grace of our Holy Guru Parampara, we were indeed blessed to enjoy the
shravanam and the Darshan of Lord Krishna in the form of Sreemad Bhagavatam.
The talks of Pujya Guru Maa Purnanandaji on Sreemad Bhagavatam filled us with
Bhakti, Gyana, Vairagya and Ananda. I feel Lord Krishna who is the Jagadguru has
come as our Guru Maa to help us to evolve spiritually. Maa was not only Lord
Krishna but also Shuka Maharaj and made us feel as if we were on the banks of
the sacred river Ganga, where Her Holiness addressed all the Parikshits in us and
showered the nectar of Bhagavad Bhakti helping us with sadhanas to come out of
this Samsara cycle of birth and death.
Maa patiently and elaborately explained the significance of the characters and
glories of the Lord, and we were able to introspect into our own gunas and
situations in life and what should be our ideal way of dealing with them.
Every day, we had devotees as Yajamans performing Arati at the Altar in
accompaniment to the reverberating chants of " Narayana Narayana Narayana
Narayana ", through which we experienced the glory and divinity of Sreemad
Bhagavatam. When we as Yajamans carried Sreemad Bhagavatam on our head
from the entrance to the Vyasa Peeth, we felt that the Lord himself is removing
our ego and elevating us.
After the final session of Sreemad Bhagavatam, Maa beautifully guided nearly 50
families perform Vishnu Sahasranama Archana offering to Diyas symbolising the
Effulgence of Consciousness.
Our family has been fortunate to be under the guidance and shelter of Maa, for
the past 9 years. Our family and several Bal Satya parents and children were
constantly connected with the divinity in us physically, mentally and intellectually
while preparing and practicing the Sreemad Bhagavatam skit. Our Bala Satya
children not only learnt their wonderful lines but also the lines of all the other
children during their practice sessions. This is the real investment that we have
done for our children- the love for the Lord.
Maa's Grace through the Talks on Sreemad Bhagavatam have indeed transformed
us and changed the direction of our thoughts, words and actions towards the
Supreme.
Our humble and heartfelt pranaams at the Lotus Feet of the Lord and Maa!